Combined mop and wringer.



. No. 774,468. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

H. H. PREER & c. H. LINABURY.

GOMBINEB MOP AND WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11. 1904.

NO MODEL.

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PATENT EEicE.

HARRY HALL FREER AND CHARLES HOWARD LINABURY, OF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED IVIQP AND WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent N0. 774,468, dated November 8, 1904.

Application filed January 11, 1904:- Serial N0- 188,533- (NO model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY HALL FREER and (Immune HOWARD LINABU'RY, citizens of the United States, residing at Pontiac, county of Oakland, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in a Combined Mop and Wringer, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention has for its object certain new and useful improvements in a combined mop and wringer; and it consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating features of our invention, the same showing the mop in position for wringing. Fig. 2 is a View in perspective showing the mop in working position. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective showing the mop with the auxiliary arm detached from the handle. Fig. 4 shows a socket to receive the auxiliary arm attached upon the inside of a pail. Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective showing the mop-handle and mop-holder attached thereto.

The aim of our invention is to provide a combined mop and wringer of simple and economical construction, as well as of superior efliciency, and we carry out our invention as follows:

In the drawings, (6 represents a mop-handle, b a mop fabric, and c an auxiliary arm.

A mop-holder is indicated at (Z, the handle and the auxiliary arm each being provided with a holder, the holder of the handle and of the arm being of similar construction and being united to the handle and to the arm in a similar manner. Each holder is formed of a single integral piece of wire bent intermediate its ends to form a transverse intermediate portion a, centrally engaged upon the end face of the handle or arm, the handle or arm to which it is attached being preferably kerfed or recessed, as indicated at f, to receive the transverse adjacent portion of the holder. To

ple g is also employed to engage the transverse give additional firmness to the structure, a sta- 5o portion of the holder upon the end face of the handle. Said transverse portion of the holder is engaged upon the end face of the handle in such a manner as to resist any torsional strain in the act of wringing the mop fabric. The extremities of the holder at the ends of the transverse portion 6 are bent inward toward the handle, forming loops h h on either side of the handle or arm for the engagement of the mop fabric therein, the extremities of the holder. after the formation of said loops being led along the mop handle or arm, on opposite sides thereof, and engaged in place rigidly in any suitable manner. As shown the extremities of the holder are secured upon the adjacent handle or arm by means of staples i, the extreme ends of the holder being turned inward into orifices formed therefor in the handle or arm, as indicated at 7'.

The arm cis employed, provided with a mopholder (Z, to engage one end of the mop fabric, the other end of the mop fabric engaged with the holder upon the handle a for the purpose of providing eflicient means to hold one end of the mop fabric in place in order that the fabric may be wrung by simply twisting the handle a.

A pail is indicated at is, the same being pro,- vided, as shown, with the socket Z to receive the arm 0 when said arm is released from the handle a. It will readily be observed by referring to Fig. 1 that when the arm 0 is en gaged in the socket Z upon the pail one end of the mop fabric will be held firmly in position, so that the mop fabric may be wrung by twisting the handle a. For the purpose of clearer illustration the handle a and mop fabric b in Fig. 1 are shown extended, carrying the mop fabric over the pail, and it will readily be understood that in the act of wringing the fabric will be extended over the top of the pail, so that the water may be wrung into the pail.

In order to engage the arm 0 upon the handle in working position, we have shown said arm constructed with elongated openings, (indicated at m 9/1,) the handle being formed with hooks or angular retaining devices, (indicated at w 11,) the construction of the openings m m and the hooks w a being such that the openings of the arm 0 may be slipped over the hooks n /1 and the arm drawn down a slight distance toward the end of the handle, so that the ends of the hooks will extend over the upper ends of the openings in the arm to prevent accidental displacement of the arm from the handle. For further security against any accidental disengagement of the arm from the handle we provide a spring 7), engaged upon the handle above the upper hook it, arranged so that its extremity when the arm is in normal position on the handle will abut against the upper end of the arm and effectually prevent any longitudinal movement of the arm in a direction toward the upper end of the handle. By depressing the spring, however, it will be apparent that the arm may be raised so that the openings on m thereof may be slipped over the hooks a a. In this manner it is obvious that the arm may be readily detached from the handle and engaged in the soeketl of the pail for wringing the mop. hen themop fabric has been wrung, the arm is slipped out of the socket l and replaced in normal position upon the handle, or in working position, the mop fabric thereby being doubled, thus affording an efficient supply of mop fabric for mopping.

It will readily be seen that the operator does not need to grasp the mop fabric With the hands at all in order to wring the same, but simply so disengage the arm from the handle and engage it upon the pail and twist the handle.

The device is obviously simple, as well as durable and of economical construction. In the act of wringing, both hands may grasp the handle.

\Vhat we claim as our invention is A combined mop and wringer comprising a handle and an auxiliary arm each terminating at its lower extremity in an end face, a mop fabric, mop-holders one connected with the auxiliary arm and one with the handle, each of the holders being constructed of a single piece of wire bent to form an intermediate transverse portion and attaching-arms at the extremities thereof, said arms rigidly engaged upon opposite sides of the body of the handle or arm, the transverse portion of the holder intermediate its ends being secured upon the end face of the handle or arm, said holder forming loops on opposite sides of the handle or arm to receive the mop fabric, the handle and arm being provided the one with hooks and the other with elongated openings to receive said hooks and secure the arm upon the handle, and a spring to retain the arm in place upon the handle.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY llAlili FREER. CHARLES HOWARD LINABURY.

\V i tnesses:

R. H. POUND, E. R. Brsrloir. 

